In Japanese, "akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!"
Have you made a New Year resolution? This is a new start!
The beginning of the year, January 1, is called "shougatsu" in Japan. We usually add "o(honorific prefix)," and say "oshougatsu."
We usually spend oshougatsu with our family in Japan. On this family occasion, we eat "osechi ryouri." "Ryouri" means "dish" and is used in the present day, but "osechi" is complicated. Roughly translated the word, "osechi" is the derives from "sekku," the moment of a seasonal change, and at each moment people in the past had a custom of offering some food to god, and every such dish was called "osechi." But now the word "osechi" is used exclusively for dishes eaten at the beginning of the year. In addition, these dishes include sea and mountain food.
Each dish has meaning and is juxtaposed colorfully.
And this year's osechi was amazing!
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